As long as it's impossible to produce something from nothing, costs are absolutely a barrier.

既然“无米成炊”是不可能的，费用就一定会是一个障碍。

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It is a great way to teach you the importance of using your own hands to create something from nothing.

这是教会你用自己的双手从无到有创造事物的重要性的好方法。

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Something from nothing—the two-suiter from Chase Manhattan and my own existence, luggage a bonus and life a bonus too.

天上掉下来的馅饼——包括大通曼哈顿银行赠送的提包和我自己的存在，行李是奖品，生命是礼物。

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He responded to a complaint about cuts in jobs and salaries for California teachers by urging people not to expect "something for nothing" from their government."

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When Milton instructs his muse, "Say first, for Heav'n hides nothing from thy view," there's something more here than the primary sense of the word, which is just "first in sequence."

弥尔顿写到缪斯的时候，“请先说，天界和地狱深渊在您的眼中，一切都了如指掌“,这句中“先“除了它本身的意思“最先“之外，还有其他的含义“

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The entrepreneurial instinct is the mental toughness that is required to make something from nothing.

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Unlike Krugman and the Keynesians, I would argue that it is impossible to create something from nothing.

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For starters, creativity is the act of making something from nothing.

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